Method and apparatus for synchronizing file

A method for synchronizing a file, comprising:

• acquiring a first synchronization instruction for a target application, wherein the first synchronization instruction is used to instruct to synchronize a target file generated by the target application to a server of an auxiliary application, the target application is a graphics drawing application, and the auxiliary application is a product lifecycle management (PLM) application;
• acquiring the target file based on the first synchronization instruction;
• and
• sending a second synchronization instruction carrying the target file to the server based on a target interface of a synchronization plug-in of the target application, wherein the target interface of the synchronization plug-in is configured to communicate with the server;
• wherein before sending the second synchronization instruction carrying the target file to the server, the method further comprises:
• acquiring the synchronization plug-in of the target application;
• wherein a display interface of the target application comprises a synchronization plug-in acquisition button;
• and
• acquiring the synchronization plug-in of the target application comprises:
• sending a synchronization plug-in acquisition instruction to a plug-in server, if a selection instruction for the synchronization plug-in acquisition button is detected;
• and
• receiving the synchronization plug-in sent by the plug-in server in response to the synchronization plug-in acquisition instruction;
• and
• wherein the display interface of the target application comprises a synchronization plug-in update button;
• and the method further comprises:
• receiving a first version number of the synchronization plug-in sent by the plug-in server;
• sending a synchronization plug-in update instruction to the plug-in server, if a selection instruction for the synchronization plug-in update button is detected;
• receiving a second version number sent by the plug-in server in response to the synchronization plug-in update instruction;
• sending an update determining instruction to the plug-in server, if the second version number is greater than the first version number;
• receiving a synchronization plug-in of the second version number sent by the plug-in server in response to the update determining instruction;
• and
• updating a synchronization plug-in of the first version number based on the synchronization plug-in of the second version number.